Research interests

I am a principal engineer working in the aerospace industry, having previously worked as a researcher for the automotive sector. My main research goals are to establish comprehensive links between materials processing routes, material properties, and mechanical performance. 

Manufacturing processes of particular focus are forming, flanging, machining, bending, rolling, roll forming, AM, casting, forging and welding. I use a range of modeling, testing and characterisation techniques, such as:

• • • 1. Material properties characterisation via EBSD, EDS, FIB-SEM, TEM and nano-hardness testing.

      2. Macroscopic mechanical testing (tensile, bending, fatigue, compression, sheet metal forming...) for evaluation of the mechanical performance. 

      3. In situ micromechanical testing within the FEG-SEM to evaluate the evolution of strains at the microstructural level upon mechanical testing.

      4. A multiscale approach is followed where the strains at the macro- and micro-scale are measured and compared. 

      5. The experimental results are utilised to develop microstructure-informed FE models, design new alloys and prevent material failures upon manufacturing and service time.